The reception banquet is not grand, just a simple homely meal.

Originally, Chen Ziqian wanted to take Luo Taibai to drink a few glasses together, but Luo Taibai insisted on putting official affairs first, and he didn't let him drink if he didn't drink it.

Chen Ziqian didn't insist too much, the wine here was not to taste, if he didn't want to reward Luo Taibai, he didn't want to find this sin.

During the banquet, Luo Taibai's brothers and sisters talked about homely for a while, and made sure that Luo Huixin was quite suitable for life here, so they completely put their minds at ease.

is the so-called water spilled by the married daughter, although Luo Taibai is not ruthless to that extent, but when it comes to Chen Ziqian's inner courtyard, he can't say much.

After a meal, the two made tea and chatted in the courtyard.

Regarding the situation in the world, both of them are always concerned, the rebels invaded Ningzhou, and during this time, the war in Ningzhou was a foregone conclusion.

The rebels took over the land of the three counties and had already begun to invade Yunzhou.

After Yunzhou, it is the territory of the imperial capital, and it will not be long before the rebels can directly attack Huanglong.

Everything is advancing according to the trajectory of the pre-judgment, and it is said that the emperor Lao'er, who is dedicated to cultivating immortals, has been alarmed, and the imperial court should soon take a series of countermeasures.

The contest between the imperial court and the rebels is about to break out, and of course these things will not affect Anyi here.

At present, the reconstruction and household registration problems of Anyi County have been well resolved, and the number of soldiers and horses has increased by 2,000 without difficulty.

The next direction of development is to completely eradicate the problem of banditry, recently Lin Xiaodao has been running up the mountain every day, and there are three or four thousand bandits who have surrendered before and after, which can be said to have made a great contribution.

Of course, not all bandits are willing to accept surrender, but if they do not accept surrender, they will face the risk of being defeated by the government, and in this situation, the alliance between bandits is much stronger.

This was something Chen Ziqian did not expect.

"There are capable people in the bandit pile, in the face of my recent lure to surrender, a three-way echo situation has been formed, if I send troops to attack any side, other bandit forces will immediately send troops to attack my foundation, to open up the southern transportation hub, it is really a bit troublesome." Chen Ziqian has a headache about this.

The bandits near Anyi County have all surrendered if they can surrender, and those who can't have surrendered have been annexed.

In addition to the giant bandits in the Yumen Mountain area, there are also two groups of forces in Qingyuan and Anshan, these three bandits have been merged and developed in the past few days, and there are thousands of people and horses, and it is quite troublesome to really unite to fight the county seat.

Luo Taibai said: "The lord must not be in a hurry, the current situation, first of all, we must stabilize the foundation first, there are bandits to hinder, the Taishou side is more at ease with the lord, but if the bandits have been eliminated, continuing to develop will become the reason for the Taishou accountability, and the trouble will inevitably be greater." ”

"I don't know what you said, but Yumen Mountain is a traffic, related to the normal business exchanges between Anyi County and Huaihua, Huaihua and the Southern Xiongnu are close to each other, and there are often trade contacts with each other, where there are rich BMW horses, if I want to develop, cavalry is indispensable, you can understand this section?" Chen Ziqian shook his head.

In the current era, cavalry is a great weapon, and if used well, it can turn the tide of a battle.

And a force without cavalry is destined to have limited room for maneuver.

To put it mildly, such a team does not even have the strength to take the initiative to attack, and can only stick to the defense.

"It is not difficult for the lord to get cavalry, as far as I know, there are 10,000 cavalry in Yongan County, and if he takes the county one day, these 10,000 cavalry will naturally belong to the lord." Luo Taibai said: "Our strength is still too weak now, and we don't have the confidence to fight with Taishou, so it is more appropriate for the lord to develop steadily." ”

"Alas, I don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, but now I have a deep understanding." Chen Ziqian sighed helplessly, and for the time being, he could only hang those bandits first.

The two then talked about some other issues, all about the development and construction of Anyi County and the people's livelihood and agriculture.

Chen Ziqian didn't bother to ask much in this regard, there were two capable ministers, Luo Yixiu and Luo Taibai, and he didn't need to bother to arrange it at all.

In fact, in the next two months, according to Luo Taibai's strategic policy, the development of Anyi County was indeed smooth.

Except for those bandits on the mountain who occasionally came down to loot and caused some losses to the villages in Anyi, everything else was on the right track.

Taishou's side also sent people to urge the bandits many times, obviously preparing to return the 2,000 soldiers and horses sent to Chen Ziqian, after all, once the bandits are eliminated, there is no need for Anyi County to have so many troops.

In order to avoid Zeng Yuanqi's suspicions, Chen Ziqian naturally found a lot of reasons to shirk the prevarication.

With 2,000 soldiers and horses, but he couldn't even handle a few bandits, Chen Ziqian invisibly showed his incompetent side again.

Zeng Yuanqi is very relieved about Chen Ziqian now, but the general trend of the world has changed, and although Tongzhou is quiet, this is more like the calm before the storm.

Up to the history of Tongzhou Thorn, down to the counties Taishou, there is a faint meaning of gathering troops and waiting for the attack.

Chen Ziqian has also tried his best to develop his strength in the past two months, recruiting soldiers, logging and mining, smelting equipment and armor, etc.

And after two months of development, there are as many as 8,000 foot soldiers under his hands, of which 4,000 are still the elite of the Eight Classics, and they are all between fifteen and thirty-five years old.

In terms of training, there is Fang Changping, a fierce commander with 93 points, and he is naturally in good order.

To be honest, being able to pull up the team in such a short period of time has helped a lot with the 'count in one fell swoop' strategy over there.

Chen Ziqian doesn't need to develop secretly, the efficiency is definitely twice the result with half the effort.

In the middle of summer, the western lands are particularly dry and muggy.

Chen Ziqian wore a single coat and a straw hat, accompanied by Luo Taibai, Luo Yixiu and others, and came to Shigu Mountain outside the city.

It has always been a quarry, and in the last two months a large amount of stone has been mined here for the construction of Anyi.

The reason why Chen Ziqian came to check in person today was because someone under his hand reported that when the stone was mined, a large amount of stone resin water gushed out from the ground.

What is paraffin water, this thing is oil, and the people here actually treat it as a sparse and ordinary thing.

After Chen Ziqian heard about it, he was like a treasure, and he rushed over to inspect it in person despite the heat.

When a soldier handed over a bamboo tube filled with oil, looking at the pitch-black liquid inside, Chen Ziqian was completely sure that oil had really been extracted here.

And you don't even have to mine, dig a mine, and the oil will naturally keep coming out, and it's only been a few hours, and all the pots and jars in the quarry are already full.

"Lao Tzu, this is going to be sent." Chen Ziqian's eyes are shining, oil is flammable, and it can be made into fierce fire oil as long as it is simply processed.

Fierce fire oil, thrown out by catapults on the hour, it can't even be extinguished by water when it burns, who can stop it?

"There are so many stone resin waters, the lord of centralized sales can indeed make a windfall, but he is not so happy, right?" Luo Yixiu and others expressed puzzlement.

The stone grease water in their mouths is of limited use, usually only used as fuel, such as lighting, for military use, at most it is just a layer of arrows to make a rocket, there is nothing to make a fuss about, right?

"Sell? This thing can be worth 100,000 male soldiers if it is used well, and only a fool will sell it! Chen Ziqian rolled his eyes and said with a serious face: "Let Fang Changping transfer a thousand people to guard this place, and then post a notice to recruit laborers to mine stone resin water." ”

Luo Taibai said with a wry smile: "Lord, now almost all the people in Anyi are soldiers, and they are recruited for labor, I'm afraid there won't be a few people recruited, right?" ”

"Women are also fine, and they are treated well." Chen Ziqian said casually that oil extraction is not a physical job, and women can also easily get started.

Everyone looked at each other, and it could be seen from Chen Ziqian's arrangement that this was preparing to mine the resin water on a large scale, but after mining so much, and refusing to sell it, what is the use of keeping it?

Isn't this a waste of manpower, material and financial resources for nothing?

"Let Jian Chu prepare more clay pots, after the stone fat water is put into the clay pot, seal the mouth with leather, and tie a ball of hemp soaked in oil to the outside of the clay pot, so that it can be stored for later use." Chen Ziqian thought of using these fierce fire oils to easily attack the city in the future, and a bright smile couldn't help but appear on his face: "Giggles...... Please call me the oil king in the future! ”